Gunnison Valley News | 1923-02-22 | Page 1 | Mrs. Penney Dies

MRS. PENNEY DIES "Mrs. Mary Kimball Penney died at Miami, Fla., Thursday at 1 o'clock," was the message received by Manager Mana-ger Ronald C. Norman last Friday morning. Mrs. Penney was the wife of J. C. Penney, founder of the big institution, and was a former resident resi-dent at Park City. She was well known and some four years ago, following fol-lowing her return from France where she was an active worker in behalf of the soldier boys, she was married to Mr. Penney. The body was taken to White Plains, N. Y., where interment inter-ment was held Monday. During the funeral the local store, managed by Mr. Norman, was closed between 11 and 12 o'clock.